This mirror style embeds a fundamental mismatch in the
Vds of M1 unless you balance things exactly right. The
lost headroom is what accounts for the fidelity (lack of).
However having another "output stack" as feedback to
the upstream reference, as I alluded in the other thread,
could give you a fairly low headroom, good match.
i guess i need to read more about this subcircuits.
i'm doing simulations about this. and i know that these are subcircuits that are part of a greater system.
I'm wondering if anyone can me a view outside of this circuit, a broader view or applications perhaps.